The next morning, I slept a little bit yesterday, but I woke up early this morning.

In a room where early morning light plunged in from the window, Celine and I saw that she had already got up and finished dressing. I'm probably going to barter now, rubbing my eyes a little sleepy.

Huh ~, good morning, Mark. Can I still sleep?

"Good morning, Celine. At home, I'm fine because I've always been up like this. I'd rather go see a barter in the square, but can I come with you?

This is the heart of the village's economic activity. I'd like to see it again.

"Yeah, it's fine. If you're with me, don't wake your mother. Let me put you to bed slowly today."

Yes, I'll get dressed for a while.

"Yes, I'll get ready first and wait outside ~"

It seems that they will leave the room on purpose. I don't care if I'm seen dressed differently, but I'm glad to hear that.

I dressed quietly outside so as not to wake up Nicolas sleeping like a doll that was too good next door, and went out and washed my face with water magic.

Celine, who had been waiting outside, seemed already ready to go out, and there were many small barrels loaded in the wagon.

"Best regards. I'll put the barrel in the item box, okay?

"Oh, you don't have to. It's quicker to talk about it while showing the actual product when you are bartering. I'll pull you this far ~"

It may be a hassle to take it out of the item box and have a deal with the person you want to exchange it with. Verily, he is a barter.

"What do you trade for alcohol today?

"Hmm, I'm thinking of exchanging today's meal with food that seems to be easily eaten in preparation for my trip. That's why I'm going to spit out most of the barrel stock today."

I see.

If I found out that the barrels that had been stockpiled had almost disappeared, Eclain was going to cry. And of course I'm not going on a journey yet, but I decided to keep talking properly because it doesn't rot in the item box.

Then I walked to the square for a while. It seems to be more spacious than Tori's magic equipment laboratory, even though it's only used everyday.

Until yesterday, I only saw so many villagers. However, there are many villagers in this square, such as people who leave their trucks and wait for guests to arrive on the spot, people who packed various things into their carrying baskets to look for the goods they want, people who would like to wake up without holding anything, and so on.

Walking between people in such a square, Celine stopped in front of a slightly fat aunt. Behind it is a cargo bay that holds the magic equipment of the vault, and beside it stands a man with long ears with thin lines.

The aunt called out to Celine when she glanced at me. Speaking of which, I may have seen a normal aunt for the first time in this village with many young people.

"Oh, Celine. Did she fly to the portal crystal with you?

"Yeah, that's right. I also have a twin sister. It's just this kid today because he's a oneman."

"Marc. Thank you very much."

As she lowered her head, the aunt opened her hands to her full hips with her eyes rounded.

"Well, you're a decent kid. I want my kid to be an apprentice. So, Celine, what do you want this morning?

"I wonder if you can get me a fillet of venison and sausage, and then some dried meat. I'll take this one out."

While pointing at the truck's barrel, Celine ordered it, calling the half-elf man whose aunt was holding it behind her.

"Yes. You, wrap it up."

Ah.

The half-elf man gently nods and begins to take out the ordered items from the vault.

And the exchange ended without delay. I'm just used to it, and it looks like I'm getting a rate that's roughly how many barrels of meat ~.

Incidentally, Eclain barrels seem to be traded at fairly high rates. That's the best sake brewer in the village. Eclain said I made it tastier, but I'm superfluous and I'm a Nakan.

After I broke up with my aunt, I asked Celine what I was worried about.

"Celine, is that aunt half an elf?

"Matilda is a human race. The husband behind me was a half-elf. My husband left the village and became an adventurer, but he married Matilda and returned to the village. I'm making a living hunting with a bow that I was good at when I was an adventurer ~"

"Well, maybe I've never seen a human before in this village."

"As I said a little while ago, there are plenty of people out there who meet their husbands and wives and come back to the village. My mother, on the other hand, got lost in the village with my father."

Celine looked up at the sky with a little nostalgia. Is my father dead already?

Human tribes and half-elfs have different lifespans and are different in old age. I wonder how they chose to fold around and get together. I was a little curious, but it's not something I'd like to hear about.

When I stopped thinking, I walked in the square after Celine, who pulled the wagon.